Call for Entries: Girls Impact The World Film Festival 2017 (US$20,000 in Prizes)

The Girls Impact the World Film Festival, presented by the Harvard College Social Innovation Collaborative (SIC) and Connecther, is a film festival and scholarship program in which high school and undergraduate college students submit 3-6 minute short films that focus on a variety of global women’s issues, including maternal health, microfinance initiatives, child-marriage, sex-trafficking, poverty alleviation, etc.

Eligibility Requirements

Videos must EITHER:

Raise awareness about critical issues affecting women and girls around the world OR

Propose solutions to critical challenges faced by women

Please make sure your film addresses one of the issues below. Feel free to email filmfest@connecther.org for questions.(Green IS contestants, please see here for environmental related issue areas)

Applicant(s) must be 25 or under on December 31, 2016 (special circumstances may be considered)

Currently enrolled undergraduates (global) OR

Full-time high school students

The GITW Film Fest Competition is not open to any resident of the following countries: U.S. export regulations prohibit the export of goods and services to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. Therefore residents of these countries/regions are not eligible to participate.

Sponsor prizes including Green IS, Honest Beauty & Innovation Prize are chosen by sponsors and may include films directed and produced by graduate students.

Each individual applicant may be involved in the making of up to two films. You may not enter more than two films.

Awards:

Judges’ Choice Grand Prize: $5000

Judges’ Choice 1st Runner Up: $2500

Judges’ Choice 2nd Runner Up: $1000

Gems’ Choice Grand Prize: $1000

People’s Choice Winner: $2500 (based on the total number of fb likes + tweets – winner will be chosen from top 10 most popular) *

Your film can be a (1) narrative, (2) documentary, (3) investigative reporting, (4) music video, (5) animation, or (6) curated film (film collage). Please see the FAQ for more details about film genres and film content.

Your film must be created after January 1, 2016.

Your film must be your own original work and not infringe any copyright or ownership agreements.

You must not premiere your film before entering it on the Girls Impact the World website.

You may only be involved with two submitted entries per year.

Once you have submitted your video, please share and publicize it through the Girls Impact the World Gallery page. This is intended to help you further the number of facebook likes, tweets and views for the People’s Choice Grand Prize.

At the end of your film please add a slide that shows at least 2 or more organizations that are working on solutions to the issue area that you address in your short film. You can highlight Connecther projects and/or other organizations. (optional but recommended)